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Cameroun - Faits divers. Bonaberi, Buea: Firewood Truck Kills Driver, Destroys Classrooms

Nkeze MBONWOH | Cameroon-tribune Mardi le 06 Octobre 2015 Société Imprimer Envoyer cet article à Nous suivre sur facebook Nous suivre sur twitter Revoir un Programme TV Grille des Programmes TV Où Vendre Où Danser Où Dormir au Cameroun
The death toll from last weekend's incident could have been higher if it were on a school day.

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Fidelis Besong was killed last weekend when he drove his truck carrying firewood into two classrooms of the Saint Anthony Catholic Primary School, Buea Town. According to one of his conductors who watched the truck rolling off after he had removed the wedge, the vehicle had a known defective brake system.

The truck had just been wedged while they sold firewood to a customer. Immediately the wedge was removed with the driver in his seat, the vehicle suddenly veered into the nearby classrooms, knocking down the wall. Luckily, the pupils were not in school on a Saturday, so the truck only the desks its way. The truck, with registration NW 839 AC, which had taken off from the Bonaberi neighbourhood of Buea Town, rushed down on a stiff slope for about 400 metres before crashing onto the wall of the school.

The driver smashed his head in the impact and the parts were only assembled afterwards and the body taken to the Tiko where Fidelis Besong lived. Those who rushed to the scene were unanimous in their comment: “If this had happened on a school day, dozens of lives would have been lost.” Many eyewitnesses told Cameroon Tribune the accident could have been avoided. “The truck had no functional brakes. We used wedges to bring it to a halt each time we had to sell firewood,” explained the two conductors.

Following the accident, Buea administrative authorities and security officers went to the scene to assess the situation. On September 27, 2015, a fire engulfed a wooden house in the Bonaberi neighbourhood of Buea Town, rendering the entire family homeless. Exactly one week after, two classrooms of Saint Anthony Catholic Primary School were destroyed in a truck accident.

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